Two years ago, X-RX (Pascal Beniesch and Jan Teutloff) were celebrating the release of their successful album “Activate the Machinez“. Since then, the band has been touring, including appearances at ALL biggest German festivals (WGT, M’era Luna, E-Tropolis, Amphi Festival)!

Touring alongside Aesthetic Perfection, they played for growing fan communities all across the globe, including the U.S., Mexico, Norway and Greece – celebrating along the way, since X-RX gigs are first and foremost about amping up the party! Thus, in 2014 the time was right for new material. Pascal Beniesch created a musical masterpiece using with well-known components and tried and true configurations. The result are 12 accessible songs, full of energy and power, ready to conquer the dancefloors once more! Crank it up! Full of bass, dynamics and the burning need to turn it up louder! Crank up the volume! The name captures the spirit! 

Following many excellent reviews for new album Weatherhouse (press quotes below), PHILIP SELWAY has just unveiled a brilliantly inventive video to new single 'Around Again' directed by acclaimed Spanish film-makers NYSU. Speaking about the video,

NYSU say "The song talks about the feeling of being always "around" the same place again, so we wanted to represent this... but literally. That's why we thought in a circular way to tell two parallel stories inside the same space and time. Deform the straight narrative line and make it a curve. We love to tell the classic movie script full of envy and revenge but in a complex visual language.

When hearing a tornado alarm most people would entrench themselves, but there are of course daredevils who would pull toward the tornado to make spectacular images. The sensational Into The Storm tells the story of an unusually strong storm from both points of view. The film was directed by Steven Quale (Titanic, Final Destination 5, Avatar), and we see Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead) and Richard Armitage (The Hobbit) in the main roles.

Into The Storm is available from 17 December on Blu-ray ™, DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download.

SYNOPSIS

In the space of a single day, the town of Silverton is laid in ruins by the worst series of tornados. The whole city is a victim of the unpredictable and deadly cyclones, but tornado hunters predict that the worst is yet to come. Most residents seek shelter, but others are just rushing to the whirlwinds to find the final frontier. How far does a tornado hunter go to shoot the ultimate image of the storm?

BONUS MATERIALS

Into The Storm Tornado Files (BD)
Titus: The Ultimate Storm Chasing Vehicle (BD)
Fake Storms: Real Conditions (BD, DVD)

One of world's most visionary, celebrated and influential filmmakers, Andrei Tarkovsky made just seven features before his tragically early death at the age of 54. Characterised by metaphysical and spiritual explorations of the human condition, each film is an artistic masterpiece of extraordinary visual beauty and stands as an enduring classic of world cinema.

IVAN'S CHILDHOOD

Tarkovsky's extraordinarily accomplished debut feature is a powerful and moving tale of a 12

year-old boy who vows to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis.

USSR 1962 | Black and white | Russian with English subtitles | 90 minutes approx.

ANDREI RUBLEV

Regarded by many as Tarkovsky's finest film, this epic tale of the great medieval icon painter

chronicles a turbulent period of Russian history and was long suppressed by the politically

sensitive Soviet authorities.

USSR 1966 | Black and white & part colour | Russian with English subtitles | 174 minutes approx.

SOLARIS

Based on Stanislaw Lem's novel, Solaris is a moving and unsettling vision of memory and humanity

which transcends the science fiction genre and has often been compared to

Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

USSR 1972 | Colour & black and white | Russian with English subtitles | 159 minutes approx.

MIRROR

Reflecting upon his own childhood and the destiny of the Russian people, this beautiful and

densely layered film is Tarkovsky's most autobiographical work.

USSR 1974 | Colour & black and white | Russian with English subtitles | 101 minutes approx

STALKER

Set in a devastated future landscape, Tarkovsky's second foray into science fiction is a surreal

and disturbing exploration of man's quest to realise his dreams and desires.

USSR 1979 | Colour & black and white | Russian with English subtitles | 154 minutes approx.

NOSTALGIA

Filmed in Italy just prior to his defection to the west, Tarkovsky's unforgettably haunting film

explores the melancholy of exile from one's homeland.

Italy 1983 | Colour | Russian and Italian with English subtitles | 120 minutes approx.

THE SACRIFICE

In Tarkovsky's final masterpiece, completed as he was gravely ill, a man vows to God that he

will sacrifice all he holds dear if an imminent nuclear catastrophe can be averted.

Sweden / France 1986 | Colour | Swedish, French and English with English subtitles | 142 mins approx.

The mind behind Battlestar, Knight Rider, The Six Million Dollar Man and many more has passed away.

Glen A. Larson, creator of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series, has died at the age of 77.

THR reports that Larson passed away Friday night of esophageal cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica.

Along with Battlestar Galactica, Larson also created the pioneering TV hits Quincy M.E., Magnum, P.I., Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, and The Six Million Dollar Man. He added up to 513 hours of television and 21 combined seasons from 1976 to 1988. Battlestar may have only lasted one season from 78 to 79, but it of course led to Ron Moore's brilliant 2004 reboot.

Larson also created the shows Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Alias Smith & Jones, B.J. and The Bear, Switch, Manimal, and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. 

Source: IGN